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How smiles and thank yous pay dividends

February 16, 2011 By Jim Raffel 9 Comments

Earlier today as I was leaving the partner business where I'd spent the last two days, I stopped to say goodbye to Betty, the woman at the front desk. I started with a smile, and then thanked Betty for her help over the last year tracking down invoices and payments. Betty smiled back, and said, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Small Business 101 Tagged With: care, dividends, front desk, humanize, partner, partners business, pay, paying dividends, relationship, saying thanks, Smile, smiles, thank yous

Planning Pays Big Dividends

August 5, 2010 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

I've managed to get to the point where I am writing my blog posts about a week ahead. All it took was a little planning and now that effort is beginning to pay big dividends. It's not just me. The quest to get ahead began when I read Chris Brogan's With Just A Little Planning. I'll still write … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, new media, personal development, social media, Writing Tagged With: analyzing, blog, Chris Brogan, content, dividends, get ahead, planning

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